Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyi is a city of museums. But at the same time, the infrastructure is very poor — decent places to eat can be counted on one hand. The drive from Kyiv is about 80 km and took a little over an hour. The road is mediocre, but bearable if you’re not in a hurry.

Ukrainian nature on the road from Kyiv to Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyi looks something like this:

What museums can you visit in Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyi?

Ethnography, history, archaeology and local history museums:

1. Folk Architecture and Life of the Middle Dnieper Region (Letopysnaya St. 2, +38(04567)52936, open-air museum).

2. Trypillian Culture (Shevchenko St. 10, +380(4567)51675).

3. Archaeological Museum (Shevchenko St. 17, +380(4567)51574).

4. Architecture of Pereyaslav during Kyivan Rus (Moskovska St. 34, +380(4567)51612).

5. Kobzar Art (B. Khmelnytskogo St. 20, +380(4567)53641, +380(4567)51552).

6. Ukrainian Folk Clothing of the Middle Dnieper Region (Novokiyivske Shosse 5, +380(4567)51612).

Interestingly, all museums of Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyi are located at two addresses — you can go to Shevchenko Street, buildings 6 to 12 and to Letopysnaya, 2 where there is a whole cluster of museums about everything under the sun :)

1. History of Ukrainian Folk Rituals and Traditions, +380(4567)52936.

2. Ukrainian Orthodox Church, +380(4567)52936.

3. History of Beekeeping, +380(4567)52936.

4. Ukrainian Rushnyk (Towel), +380(4567)52936.

5. Decorative and Applied Arts, +380(4567)52936.

6. Bread, +380(4567)52936.

7. Post Office, +380(4567)52936.

8. Medicinal Plants, +380(4567)52936.

A colossal number of famous historical personalities are connected with Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyi: Taras Shevchenko, Hryhoriy Skovoroda, Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, Sholom Aleichem:

Here are the museums connected with them:

1. Taras Shevchenko’s “Zapovit” Museum (Shevchenko St. 8, +380(4567)54103, +380(4567)54203).

2. H. S. Skovoroda Memorial Museum (Skovorody St. 52, +38(04567)51448).

3. Architect V. I. Zabolotny Memorial Museum (Mazepy St. 9, +38(04567)51552).

4. Sholom Aleichem Jewish Literature Classic Memorial Museum (Letopysnaya St. 2, +380(4567)52936).

You can also visit the diorama “Battle for the Dnieper near Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyi in Autumn 1943” (Skovorody St. 54, +380(4567)51879).

Here’s a short video from Taras Shevchenko’s “Zapovit” Museum, where for some reason they told more about Bohdan Khmelnytskyi’s uprising.

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